But the “Super Yamato-class” never came to fruition despite Japan’s grand ambitions. In fact, let me describe this warship in one word: doomed. Officially dubbed the Design A-150 battleship ...

Designers of the Yamato intended for this monster battleship to defeat any counterpart from the United States Navy. But the advent of aircraft carriers ensured that no such battle would ever occur.

KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe used to precision shape the main gun barrels of Japan’s mighty World War II battleship Yamato is now on public display at the Kure Maritime Museum here.